Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Prije nekoliko tjedana, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, I went on a year-long fitness
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “Užasno Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, odlučio oduzeti malo škroba svojim izazivačima tako što će ih spojiti
Frankie Darro i Mäntän Moreland su upareni zajedno po prvi put u ovoj međunarodnoj iznajmljivača, Ltd (Monogram Pictures) film, Irski Luck (1939). U filmu (affiliate link), Frankie Darro igra “Buzzy” O'Brien, Hotel nosač, dok Mäntän Moreland je Jefferson, Hotel porter. “Buzzy-a” Otac je policajac ubijen u službenoj dužnosti. “Buzzy” wants to be
U veljači 7, 1882, Ivan L. Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan for a title, which was certainly the American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship but probably not the World Title it was billed as. U 1880, Paddy Ryan won the title in his first and only prize fight before facing the ferocious power puncher Sullivan. The men met in Mississippi City, Mississippi okolo
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, zbog čega oba promotora
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. U naponu snage, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Na 35 years of age and nearly 300
U veljači 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Initially, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. Odjel Louis policije. When the bank association turned over the
Travanj 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 zapisnik. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, kada
Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Ujak Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father
Siječnja 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Međutim, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an